Metal heel



F. H. ANTHOS.

METAL HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED iuLYao, 1920.

1,417,88 1 P te te May 30, 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. ANTHOS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-EIGHTH T0DEMIETBJUS GEORGE CABZIS, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ONE-EIGHTH T0JAMES CARZIS, ONE-EIGHTH IO JOHN oimzxs. AND ONE-EIGHTH To GEORGEPICRADIS, ALL OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application filed July 30,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. An'rnos,

a subject of the King of Greece, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk,State of Massechusetts, have invented an Improvement in Metal Heels, ofwhich the following-description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawin is e. specification, like characters on the rawin representinglike arts.

This invention relates to metal eels, such as are used on ladies shoes,and it has for its object to provide a novel heel and a. novel means ofattaching the heel to thefsboe.

The invention comprises a heel body and an attaching plate which is ada1 to be nailed to the heel seat of the shoe, and to which the heel bodymay be detachably secured.

In order to give an understanding of my invention, I have illustrated inthe drewin u selected embodiment thereof, which Wlll now be described,after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side view of a portion of :1 shoe having myimproved heel attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the attachin plate.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the he ody.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the heel bod Fig. 5 is a sectional viewthrough the heel.

1 indicates a portion of a shoe having the usual heel seat portion 2 towhich the heel is attached.

My improved heel comprises a body portion 3 which is made of metal, andan attaching plate 4 which is secured to the heel seat 2 and to whichthe heel body 3 is attached.

This attaching plate 4 is skeleton shaped, it having the plortion 5which fits around the periphery of t e heel seat, and which is providedwith a plurelit of nail holes 6 to receive nails 7, by which said latemay be nailed to the heel seat of the s cc as shown in Fig. 5. Thisattachin plate is also provided with arms 8 whicii extend from theportion 5 to a central hub portion 9, and which are bent downwardly sothat the hub Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1922.

1920. Serial No. 400,168.

portion 9 stands considerably below the plane of the main portion 5.

The heel body 3 is in the form of a shell and the arms 8 are so shapedthat when the attaching plate 4 rests on top of the heel bod the armswill meet the walls of the has body and fit the contour thereof. Theheel body is provided with ositioning ribs 10 on its inner face, whichribs are situated sothat they engage the sides of the arms 8. Theseribs, therefore, by their engagement with the arms 8 serve to maintainthe attachin plate in proper position relative to the hoe 0d The heelgod is provided near its lower end with a. partition 11 having anaperture 12 therein adapted to receive an attaching screw 13 which isscrew-threaded into the hub 9. 'lhis screw serves to clamp the heel boiiyl and attachin plate firmly together.

e bottom of time heel may be provided with a top lift of rubber,leather, or any other suitable material. Such top lift is shown at 14and it is secured to the heel body by three screws 15, that arescrew-threaded into screw-threaded apertures 16 formed in the bottom ofthe heel. The partition 11 is situated a slight distance above thebottom of the metal heel body, thus leaving a. pocket 17, and I proposeto place a spacing member 18 of leather, rubber or suitable material insaid pocket to properly support the top lift 14.

In attaching my improved heel to the shoe, the first operation is tonail the attachin plate 4 to the heel seat by the nails 7. A ter this isdone, the heel body is placed in osition with the ribs 10 embracing thearms 5, and the screw 13 is inserted through the aperture 12 and screwedinto the hub 9. The tightenin of the screw will clamp the heel body firmy to the attaching plate, and the cooperation of the ribs 10 with thearms 8 serve to securely hold the heel body in p0 My improved'heel isespecially advantageous for cobblers and other-poo he who re" pair shoesbeeause itean be attec' led by anyshown. I

I claim: I In a heal, the cornbinationwitha hollow heel body having 'aflaring upper. end, i of a skeleton attaching plate li-eqging eperipherat portion adapted to; rest against and be secured co-theheel*seatlof e;s'hoea'eentral .hub portion situated below the peripheralportion and located Within the hollow heel u Ody, and curved armsconnecting the hub ortion' and peripheral portion, said armsying-a'gainst and having a shape to fit the eon'tonrof the inner Wall ofthe flaring end 'of' the heel body, said 'body having ribs on its innerface which engegethe side edges of the arms and retain the heel body andattaching plate in proper relative position, and

"at screw extending through the heel bocly and Screw-threaded into thehub.

'In testimony whereof; I have signed my name to this specification.

FRANK H. ANTHOS.

